Cinema
Why does The Shining still scare us?
A large part of its appeal revolves around a simple fact, it is utterly terrifying
Can Christopher Nolan save the cinema-going experience?
It is not just Nolan’s reputation that is on the line if Tenet is released in July
Reel hell of the Western Front
The director wanted to show things as they were – badly-led, no one wanting to fight or knowing what they were fighting for, says Christopher Silvester
Untrue story of the Kelly Gang
For a folk hero this Ned has zero contact with the ordinary Irish folk who will supposedly come to love him, says Christopher Silvester
Is Jane Austen getting a bum deal?
As the new Emma comes to cinema screens, Alexander Larman considers the innumerable Austen remakes over the past 25 years
Oscars so woke?
Predictability and cyclical trends at the 92nd Academy Awards
The toughest role
The most successful modern actor-director, Clint Eastwood, rejects “the auteur crap”
Longing for more
Some of the greatest movies ever made were incredibly long. But is a film lasting 13 hours just too much?
The gang master
Martin Scorcese’s new Mafia movie is the culmination of a great career
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
The mean queens of the book world
A rare case of a “progressive” employee facing consequences will not change the publishing industry
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
The far enemy
The motivations for the 9/11 attacks are still misunderstood and moralised
Beef stew
Drake might be literally alive, but in terms of reputation, this was a murder
Conservatives listen to music too
Gatekeeping the “real” meaning of songs is foolish and futile
Alexandre de Moraes is no hero
Don’t make X an ex-X
Up with expertise, down with experts
Politicians should be informed by experts but not led by them
Vicarious pleasure
On the enduring allure of celebrity cast-offs
Indulgent Italian treats
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Complete string quartets (Naxos)
Why Europeans don’t get Elon
Twitter has brought us into direct, unfiltered contact with an America we don’t really know or understand
